Pump



S. J. HAMILTON June 30, 1936.

PUMP

Filed Sept. 12, 1934 .Patented `irme 30, i936 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFGE aoiassi rum Sylvester J. Hamilton, Richmond, Ind., assigner to Richmond Turbine Pump Go. Inc., Riehmond, Ind., a corporation of Indiana Application September 12, 1934, Serial No. 743,639

1 Claim. (Ci. 103-96) This invention relates to improvements in arated from each other by means of a rib o pumps and has for its object to provide a pump formed on the ring and by means of parts lll for pumping liquids, and so constructed that the formed on the sides (Figure 4). Extending from air entrained in the liquid can not escape through the inlets to the outlets l2 are channels or pasthe walls of the pump casing. sageways ii (Figures i and 2). These channels 5 It is also an object of this invention to provide or passageways are more or less annular and exa turbine pump composed of a casing having side tend substantially around the sides of the casing members surrounded by a sealing ring which cofrom the inlet to the outlet. Each channel has operates with the side members in the formation an outlet l2 separated from each other by parts of an inlet and an outlet for the casing. i3 of the sides and a rib it which is a part of 10 It is also an object of this invention to prothe ring (Figure 2). Vide a pump Consisting of a Casing having a Poil' Within the casing and rotatably mounted of contiguous side members and a Surrounding therein is a. rotor l5 in the form of e disc, which sealing ring with a rotor therein having impeller has on its periphery Sets of teeth er flns is, In l5 teeth by which 8, uid may be Caused to ow from the present instance there are two sets of these 15 an inlet t0 an Outlet in 8, plurality 0f Streams. teeth 01- ns Separated by means 0f a, partition These and other advantages will appear from Ita. This partition, together with the rotor, the following description taken in connection serves to separate the two passageways or chan- With the drawingnels Il, thereby forming two distinct and sep- 2@ Referring to the drawing: J arate passageways whereby iiuid may pass from 20 Figure 1 iS e. Side elevation 0f the Pump with the inlet to the outlet due to the operation of the parts thereof adjacent to the inlet and the the foton l outlet broken away. The rotor is supported for rotation on a shaft Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1 ii (Figure 2) to which 1t is suitamy splines by Figure 3 iS a View Showing the Pump rotor. means of spline lla. This shaft is supported 25 Figure 4 iS o SeCiiioIl ou line 4-1-4 of Figure 1- adjacent each end by bearings I8. These bear- Figure 5 Shows the relation of the inlet und ings are supported in cylindrical projections i9 the outlet to eaoh other and to the rotors formed on the sides. In the end of one of these The pump as a whole is composed of two eSSenprojections is a screw 2o adapted to support betial part-s, a casing and a rotor mounted for rotween it and one end of the shaft a thrust ball 2i. 3() tation Within the Casing- The Casing iS Composed Adjacent each bearing and around the shaft of two contiguous Sides i and 2 having annular Il is a sleeve 22, one end of which closely eninterrlal ridges ia and 2a und annular Peripheral gages the shaft while the main body of the sleeve flanges ib and 2b-r TheSe Side members in the is slightly spaced from the shaft and provides present illustration are substantially circular, a space for a packing 23, held therein by means 35 with their adjacent faces contiguous and their of a ring 24 and a, spring 25 between the ring peripheries Surrounded by a Sealing une 3. which and the side of the rotor. suitable operating is Seated within a groove 3a formed in the pemeans for the shaft and rotor is attached to ripheries of the sides. This ring in conjunction the end ef the shaft remote from the thrust with the sides forms a easing that is substantially bau 2 40 fluid-proof. No air that is entrained in the liquid The teeth or ns are formed on eaeh side and can pass out between the sides of the casing be" on the periphery of the rotor. These teeth procause the sldes are cofmguous and t closely ject laterally from the central plane of the rotor together except at the inlet and the outlet, and at an acute angle to a plane perpendicular to the thhjoilt 3b lfnehpy ghe two sides fitting to' axis of rotation of the rotor (Figure 3). These 45 geTlr s Sa e i y s gg'b of f et' 4 teeth are also arranged at an acute angle to the Whicl g lsa'lll mmy taga'lnng ering diameter of the disc (Figure 1). The periphery 'I'he sealing ring has formed thereon an inlet proof tu? for slops lateraliy tggrd leatg 5() jection 6 and an outlet projection l. The inlet To a lon rom a p ane passmg ug 50 projection 5 extends substantially tangentially of the disc or rotor and perpendlcular t0 is axis from the casing while the outlet 1 extends sub- Of rotation (Figure 2).

stantially radially to one part of the periphery of In the operation of the pump the rotor iS Caused .the casing. to rotate so that the fluid is taken in at the inlet The sides have formed therein inlets 8 .sepand discharged .at the outlet. Because of the 55 close fit between the sides and the sealing ring the entrained air in the fluid, which is usually water, cannot escape but is discharged from the pump with the fluid or water.

I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be embraced within my claim and the scope of my invention. For instance, a by-pass 26 for diverting a portion of the iiow may be provided.

Having thus fully described my invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

In a pump, a casing comprising a pair of sides with contiguous axial flanges forming a peripheral channel and a sealing ring in said channel cooperating therewith to form an air seal, each of said sides having a pair of inwardly directed ridges thereon, a shaft mounted in said casing,

a rotor on said shaft having a rib on its peripheral surface in sealing engagement with two of said inwardly directed ridges and its side faces in sealing engagement with the other` inwardly directed ridges to form a plurality of pumping channels, said rotor having a plurality of buckets o'n the periphery thereof at each side of said rib, said sealing ring having ports'forming a common inlet and a common outlet for said pumping channels, said sealing ring surrounding said casing and having a rib extending across said ports, the rib on said sealing ring cooperating with the two of said inwardly directed ridges having sealing engagement with the rib on said rotor to direct the fluid into the pumping channels and to seal said pumping channels apart from one another.

SYLVESTER J. HAMILTON. 

